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Newspaper Page Text1 1 j . " WEATHER Highest Yesterday 49 Lowest Last Night 42 Rain tonight and Tuesday. Whpn vnn mif iff! BUJR' IT --- J XaT V advertising you 011 1 lf crrnwln cr DOUGLAS COUNTV An Independent Newspaper, Published far the tt Interest af th Paopla, -tlon el Th Evinlng News and The Roseburg Revltw. VOL. XXVII. NO. 0, OF rL r f ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY, JANUARY 26. 1925. VOL. XII. NO. 271 OP THE EVENING NEWS Rose -4a"Q I tors'' vlSf HLUUUY Htfll AGAIN SCENE OE FATAL BATTLES Ku Klux Troubles End in Murder of Four Coro ner's Jury Meets. DRY RAIDER KILLED Central Figure in Klux Fight Meets Death at Hands of Avowed Enemy Two Henchmen Slain. (AMOtUted Pre! Lfurd lrirf.) HERIUN, 111., Jan. 26. Fac ed with many conflicting theo ries as to the exact manner in which S. Glenn Young, former Williamson county dry raider, his companions, Edward Forbes nnd Homer Warner, and Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas, anti-Klan leader, were killed In Saturday night's shooting here. Indications today were that the coroner's Jury would bo unable to arrive at any definite explanation of the affair when it meets tomorrow. Mrs. Young, wife of the slain liquor raider, asserted that wit nesses would be at the Inquest to verify an account that her bus band had been lured into a trap and shot from behind. The body of Young laid today at the First Baptist Church, a red cross near the foot of the coffin, and Klansmen keeping vigil. The purple robe of the re-j puted Klansman had been re-j placed by street clothes. I The bodies of Young's twoj henchmen and that of Deputy Sheriff Thomas, Youngs avowed enemy, were in their homes. A Joint funeral was probable. According to one version, the fight followed a shot fired from the vicinity of a hotel Suturday night. As the report sounded, Young and several others rushed' to investigate. I In a cigar store they met Tho- mas and when the smoke had' cleared, Young, shot through the heart, and two of his followers were dead, while Thomas lay on the floor dying. He died in a hospital Boon after, attendants saying death resulted from a' wound In his head. 1 At last four men were known! to have been present at the shooting, but their names re-j mained unrevealed. An hour or; two later the news reached Go-i vernor Small. He Immediately communicated with Adjutant ' General Carlos, who dispatched ' Major- H. W. Davis in charge of forty militia men to Herrin from Carbondale, a few miles away. The dawn of a new day found everything quiet with only bat-l tered window panes and bullet; scarred walls as a public testi monial of the night's conflict. I State's Attorney Arlle Boswell, on his arrival yesterday gave no; Intimation of the course the state' would pursue. I Sherff George Galilean. In Ma rion at the time of the shooting, was quoted as saying that he ex- pecieu 10 see peace aim quuei re (Contlnued on page 6 E FAR EAST (AMrcUtrd Vrrm Lfi4 Wirt.) GENEVA, Jan. 26. The Joint commission from the first and sec ond International opium confer ences, appointed as a means of breaking the deadlock between the American and the leading Europ ean delegations over the question of suppression of opium smoking in the far east, met today anS or ganized. The commission elected Dr. Herluf Zahle of Denmark as president and voted to make' the sessions public. Dr. Zahle was not present ow ing to illness and Sir Eric Drum mnn. secretary general at the Lrague of Nations presided. That a spirit of conciliation had entered Into the deliberations seemed evident from the attitude of Representative Stephen G. Port er, head of the American delega tion. He told the commission that no dispute seemed to exist be tween the delegates upon the ques tion of the length of the period In which opium smoking should be suppressed. All of them, he ex plained, hsd favored fixing It at IS years, but there still existed a difference of opinion aa to when SHtniFF STARMER TESTIFIES TODAY E fAasncbtM hM Vruri Wirt 1 STATEIIOUSE. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 2i. Sheriff Star- mer of Douglas couuty will 4 appear before the Cleaver 4 Investigation committee this afternoon, according to an- 4 4 nouncement made by chair- 4 man Garland of the com- 4 mil lee just prior to the noon adjournment. It was understood Starmer would censure Cleaver, who he 4 claims has taken unto his e department all the credit for prohibition activities In 4) Douglas county. 4 Starmer this afternoon told 4) 4 the prohibition investigating 4 committee that every sheriff 4 In Oregon Is in favor of enforc- 4 4 Ing the prohibition ' law and 4 will do so if furnished the nec- essary funds and that the state 4 prohibition department should be abolished. Starmer object 4 ed to turning over twenty five 4 per cent of the fines to the 4) state In cases handled by the 4 4 sheriff's office and opposed in 4 craesing this to fifty per cent 4) Starmer said neither Cleaver 4 4 nor his men had done ,any- thing in Douglas county so 4 far as he knew except swear 4 4 a complaint at Reedsport. 4 T (AMOclatd Pnn Lcurd Win.) SHANGHAI. Jan. 26. Troops of Chi Hsieh-Yuan at Wusih, feOi miles west of here, have suffered a decisive defeat, according to report received here tonight. The reports asserted that den feral Chi's troops were retreating, along the line of the Shanghai-I Nanking railway toward Shang hai, leaving Wusih in the posses-! slon of the central government's! Manchurlan troops under Lu Yung-Hsiang, Authorities governing the for eign settlement, on receipt of the reports, prepared at once to deal with another vanquished army, giving the losing soldiers the same treatment accorded the troops of Chang Yung-Min ear-, lier this month. (General Chang's men were first disarmed and interned, then sent by water to Tsingtao, where! they were set free.) Defense; units were stationed along the boundaries of the foreign settle-' ments tonight. It was said that the vanguard of the defeated troops already was arriving Jn; the environs of the city. Confirmation of the reported defeat of Chi Hsleh-Yuan will mean that Shanghai once more will pass under the control of the present Peking government.! The "gateway city" has been the scene of numerous military acttv-j ltles In the past ix months, be ing valuable not only as a tax source and for its commerce, but because of the arsenal, one of the finest In China stationed near the city. General Chi was believed to! be representing Vu Pei-Ku. the deposed war lord, in bis attempt to hold Shanghai. OF WEED II THE HIS UTJBROKEN the 15 year period should begin. Mr. Porter recommended a care ful analysis of all the projects for the suppression of the practice with reports on the Investigation submitted to the committee later when Dr. Zahle had recovered. After hearing Mr. Porter's re marks, the commission adjourned until tomorrow, , Mr. Porter and Lord Cecil, head of the British delegation have had further private conferences and seem to have reached an accord on disputed questions in connec tion with the narcotic drug con vention. In observance of what Ird Ce cil has called the "Geneva atmos phere." of conciliation, the pres- lent plan Is to conclude the draft ing of the narcotic treaty, com pleting work on all those ques tions regarding which the llkell I hood of discord Is least, and post iTjoninr definite action on the prob lem of opium smoking until the ' probability seems at a minimum of Its endangering the breakdown of the anti-opium structure aa a ! whole which has been built up at I Genera after almost three months of effort. NEW PUBLICITY T IS TO BE PUBLISHED Chamber of Commerce Completes Compilation of Copy and Material. MANY ILLUSTRATIONS AH Towns and Sections of the County to Receive ' Special Attention in Publicity Material. The Roseburg Chamber of Com merce will turn over to the print erg this week the copy for the new county booklet, which Is expected to be the most comprehensive pub lication of the kind this county has ever had. It will be a 48 page affair, the pages being 6x9 Inches, and will be profusely illustrated. Altogether there will be around 135 illustrations, but In order to save money many of the photos are grouped. The booket will be printed In the News-Review exclu sive Job department. Each town In the county will have a page devoted to It, with four or five views of the town and surrounding country at the head of the ipage. Then every resource of the county will be illustrated, not with the view of exaggerating but merely to let the reader see for himself something of the coun ty, whether It be farming, industry or scenery. The text has been gone over carefully whh the idea of eliminating anything that might mislead the prospective settler and vacationist. Considerable space has also been reserved for the dif ferent districts In the county, such as liner, Kellogg, Loon Lake, Scottsburg, Melrose, Glide, Look ing Glass, Camas Valley, and oth er sections of the county that are away from any sizeable town or city. It Is planned to publish 15.000 of these booklets, and a number of them will b sold to various com munities and to real estate men and banks, the back page being left blank for any advertising mat ter that the buyers wish to place there. Already several thousand of them hase been sold In this manner. While the booklet is really a publication of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce, the Roseburg Chamber has financed it thus far with the exception of an appropriation of $307 which was given towards It by the county court, this being the balance left in the publicity fund at the end of the year 1924. Roseburg does not come In for any more publicity In this booklet than any other Bectlon of the coun ty, as the whole desire Is to make It cover the entire county Impar tially. It Is hoped that the booklet will be ready for distribution by the middle of March, so as to answer the Inquiries that will naturally re suit from the nation-wide adver tising to be done during the month of March by the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington railroads. In the meantime the lo cal chamber Is sending out a six page folder telling of the re sources of the county. In this new booklet one subject is going to be added that should have a real result In the matter of Influx of new people. The county " as a health resort will be stressed. There is no good reason why this j snouia not De aone. uur winters are mild, there is no wind to speak of. no thunder or electric storms to ingnten me timia, or earthquakes to strike terror to the people living here. Coupled with unexampled scenery and pure mountain water, with cool nights In the summer, this section of Ore gon has more to attract the man and woman with wealth enough to spend their remaining days In comfort and pleasure than any other section of the state, or for that matter along the entire Pacif ic coast. If the people of the; United States realised the cli mate that we have here Roseburg would b" a city of 25,000 Inhabi tants within the next year. It is worth while to talk about our cli mate along with our resources. AGED CHICAGOAN DIES (AnnrUtM Pna Lfunl Win ) CHICAGO. Jan .26 James Kirkley. 109. believed to have been Chlraao's oldest resident and the oldest Mason or Odd Fellow In the city, died yeateday. PRESIDENT PLANS TRIP fAOTriatMl pr-i Lnunl Win.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. Presi dent CoolldgR plans to make a trip to New England either In April or In June. BOOLE T !T SEATTLE, Jan. 26. Claude'I -"M"".-- w G. llannick. Captain In the Beat-IT . "' "I1"-' imn.ru- w tie police department and former -a,e confirmation of supreme chief, today announced that he -our- nomlnauon of Attorney had refused an offer of a com-i general s one were prepared ,in f f,. pn,n.nj ,m,o., to press their fight for delay. 4) for the position of Chief of Po lice of Portlaad unless he could arrange for a leave of absence. "I would lose my civil service rating in Seattle otherwise." Han nick declared. Captain llannick was chief of the Seattle depart ment several years ago. He was .aide to Mrs. Henry Landes, pre sident of the city council, after she made herself chief of police last June. Mrs. Landes took charge when Mayor ltrown at tended the democratic national The attachment on the convention in New York. Mayor1, Leeper Dome oil well was lift- Brown rushed home and reap-;, ed Saturday night and opera- pointed Chief Severyns. 4 tions there have been re- le Riimeil X aefflemttnt u'ou mailA V PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 9ft. ,i Mayor George L. Baker said to- day that he knew of no vacancy in the orflce of chief of police nf Portland, nnd that fin hud no present Intention of disposing of the service of Chief Jenkins. Frank L. Shull, chairman of a citizen's committee of law en- forcement said today, that he had talked with Captain C. O. llannick while In Seattle Satur - day and had asked him If he would consider appointment as chief of police of Portland if there should be a vacancy. The committee of wblchjShull is chair- man was formed recently and given assurance by Mayor Baker that it would receive his cooper- tion. Mayor Baker' said that the committee had dlsmssBd with him the matter of law enforce- ment. but'had not mentioned the question of obtaining chief of police. El (AMocUtod Pres. Lcaied Wire.) ( NEW YORK, Jan. :(!. Suit to compel Trinity church to turn ov er the bulk of Its property in low er Manhattan to the heirs of Rob ert Edwards was begun In federal court today by the filing of a bill In equity by Arthur J. Edwards of Guilford county. North Carolina and Wesley J. Edwards of Los An geles, California. Real estate Involved In the suit includes the church property, an old cemetery at Wall Street and Broadway and the land extending from this plot westward to the Hudson river. Counsel for the heirs estimated the property to be worth considerably more than $10, 000.000. Trinity said to be the wealthiest church In the United States, would be barred by the heirs from all claim o tthe property. The bills asks that a receiver be ap pointed and that the church be compelled to render an accounting of all rents and profits derived from the land since May 1. 1SB6. The complaint recites that prior to 1TG7 and up to the time of his death that the property named was owned by Robert Edwards who died Intestate. It alleges that the plaintiffs are direct "col lateral descents and rightful heirs to Edwards' estate." The complaint further asserts that Trinity church came into possession of the land under a 99 year lease dated May 1, 1767 and that at the expiration of the lease officers of the Trinity "continued possession of such land as tenants at suffrage." The complainants aver "that at no time has there been any con veyance of the title to the Slid property by any person or persons having the fee or any other rljrht. title or Interest therein, lo said defendants nor any other persons, firm or corporations." Furthermore, continued the com plaint, there has not been surh possession by the defendants as would ripen Into title by virtue of any statute." SUGAR PRICE REDUCED (AMortat) Ptmi LMiwd Wirt.) j SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26 The price nf refined sugar to wholesalers at the refineries was reduced by 27 cents a hundred pounds todav. making the new ran b ase S6.25 and the new beet base 16.05. REEDSPORT POST MEETS Reedsport's post No. 62 of the American Legion will glv a min strel show in the neat future it was decided at a meeting held at the Odd Fellows hall Tuesday ev ening, says Port L'mpqua Cour ier. L. O. Green was appointed chairman nf a rommltteo to ar range for the affair. L. J. Weld ner was named on the house com mittee and Geo. J. Dltgen on the publicity committee. 4)4444)l T0DAV IN WASHINGTON Senate and house meet at noon. 4) Postal pay and rate In- crease bill has right of way 4) In senate. 4 4 Argument resumed in DIs- 4) trict of Columbia Supreme 4 4 Court on defense motion for 4 quashing indictment grow- 4) lug out of the naval oil leases OIL WELL LIFTED A ,, n,,ui,n..,n. a1 a by the plaintiffs In the ac- . tion. The suit arose over a 4 claim against the company in-mx-lm. nf nt th .,Uninn. a 4) at the old well between Oak- land and Sutherlln. The dls- ' PUte regarding the manner of payment finally resulted in, court action and a Judgment and the placing of an attach- 1 ment upon the new oil proper- ties. The case, however, has now been satisfactorily dis- ! posed of and the work at the 0 well will not be interrupted. The claim was one of long . standing and concerned thes' 4 well which this same company 4 I s drilled near Oakland the claim 4 j not Involving the present 4); The Plaintiffs were to have received stock In the new company in payment for serv- 1CP al lne en, uut one of the members of tho com- pany held the stock for securi- 4) ty on a personal claim against the plaintiffs. They have been given the stock demanded by them, but it has in turn been 4) 4 attached for the 'claim which 4 ia held by Mr. Steurna. 4 . . -e I I (Ataociated rrM Lraaed Wlr.) , Vn NATCH EE, Wash., Jan.1 26. Venatche tonight will pass from under the rule of council-' manic form of government to the commission form. Councilman' will hold a brief session and then adjourn sine die, handing over the reins to the new mayor and two commissioners. The city, government has been Jn charge' of a council since January 18,! 1923, when the first meeting was' held under Mayor Posey Wilson. E HAVE IGCIOEI Mrs. Gertrude Kuhn and her son Ernest Lousch, of Portland, had a narrow escape from serious Injury I or death this afternoon, w hen their big Paige sedan turned turtle at ' Kelly's Korner. The car failed to I make the turn, and skidding off the i wet pavement turned upside down In the dilch. .Mrs. Kuhn received a cut on one finger and a bruised leg, but otherwise was not hurt. 'The young man escaped unscathed. jThe car was only slightly damaged and was driven in to the rily un ; der Its own power. REPORTED DEATH OF 0, B. F, 1 The report or the death of O. n. Frank, formerly a merchant In tills I city, was erroneous, according to Elmer Mr Broom, a friend of Mr. Frank, who has received a letter 'whlrh Indirectly conveys a message from the man reported dead. Mr. Mcltroom wrote lo close friends of Mr. Frank. Immediately upon publi cation of the report of the latter'a death, and they at once wired to confirm the rumor, but recelvefl In reply a wire from Mr. Frank him self. W. 8. Howard Is Home W. H. Howard, well known Rose burg man, has returned to his home In this city from Eugene where he has been quite 111 in a hospital. While In Eugene he suffered th amputation of one foot as a result of gangrene. Ills condition la great, ly Improved and his many friends here are pleased to hear of his recovery. CHAMBER WILL I TOURISTS Information Bureau to Be Maintained During the Coming Year, TO REGISTER CARS Plans Being Worked Out to Show Every Considera tion to Auto Tour ists Visiting City. The Roseburg Chamber of Com merce will make an extra effort this year to act as an Information bureau for the thousands of tourists that will trave I over the Pacific highway. All sorts of maps and fold era will be on the Information table, and the right sort of advice will bo available for those who wish to have a day's fishing In the Umpqua valley, the whole object being to show unlimited courtesy to the stranger and try and Impress upon his mind that the people of Roseburg are friendly folks and ap preciate having visitors from other slates and other communities, says Will E. Holbein, secretary of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. Aa last year the chamber will register all out of state automobiles that could not be registered at other points along the Pacific high way. Last year 1610 cars from other Btates were registered by the local chamber, and this means that 1010 people received the courtesies of the chamber, and the employes at the office had an opportunity to tell about this wonderful country. Plans are now being worked out to show every consideration to the motor tourists that use our auto camp, for it has been found that many of these people are looking for a new home in a better climate than that from which they come. The inquiries that were received during the winter at the chamber office tell the slory of hundreds of people further east who are dissat isfied with the cold winters and the storms and heavy snow, who wish for a milder climate where they can raise fruit, poultry and vegetables, and have all the con veniences of the city. They are coming out tn way this spring and summer, and many of them will use the auto camp as a headquarters while looking around. During tile past week over 100 Chambers of Commerce in the west and middle west have been asked by the local chamber to send litera ture telling about their cities and vicinity. The object of this la two fold it will make It possible for the local chamber to give authentic Information as to routes of travel, and will also allow the local cham ber to make comitarisons, which will not hurt Roseburg and Doug las county. The Roseburg Chamber of Com merce is out to securo as large a number of new settlers for Doug las county as possible this coming year, and no stone will be left un turned to bring this about. The tourist Information bureau Is one of the most important features that will be stressed. THOS. EDISON WOT TO SEE REPORTERS (AMncUttd Vrm foatmt Win.) WKST ORANGE, N. J., Jan. 24. Thomas A. Edison will not enjoy his usual birthday tilt with reporters this year, It was learn ed today when announcement was made of his plans to be In his Fort Meyers, Fla., home on February II. his birthday. The veteran electrical wizard will' rearh his 79th milestone on that day. It has been Mr. Edison's prac tice to give newspaper Interviews only on his birthday, because he said, "It steamed up" his mental faculties for the fuller enjoy-, ment of the round of holiday! festivities. Close associates say Mr, Edi son will enter his 80th year cer- lain that he will reach the cen tury mark. ,s. MANAOCA. Nicaragua, .Ian. 26. Three aailora and one Unit ed States marrne from the Unit ed States gunboat Tulsa were drowned In I-ake Managua Sat urday, when a heavily loaded lighter on which the men were being conveyed to a larger ves sel, capsized. THE PUZZLE GRAZE f AwUtMl Pne LniM Win.) 4 FAIRVIEW, Okla., Jan. 4) 4 20. Cross word putzles caused Otto Fuller, 15, to 4) leave his home, he told au- 4) thorltles on his return here after running away. 4 "When you have to do all 4 4 the chores, do your own cooking, and fall over some 4 one sprawled out on the 4) floor working cross word 4) puzzles, home Isn't so much fun." Otto aatd. 4 4 Otto said he was the only member of a family of seven 4 who was not addicted to 4 4 cross word puzzles. 4) 444ee4)44ee44444)et 4 nnowv mix passes. 4 (A-cvl.M frrm Lnunl Win.) 4 STATEHOUSE. SALEM. Ore., Jan. 26. Senator Brown's 4) bill defining as a mlsde- 4) meanor the act of going up- 4) on closed or unenclosed 4 lands without the consent of 4) the owner was passed by 4 4 the senate today. Drown 4 and Eddy defended the bill 4) and Upton fought it on the 4 floor. It is designed prim- arlly" to protect farmer 4 4 against transient tourists e trespassers. 4 Senator Taylor, who op- 4) posed the bill prior to its 4 being tabled last Friday, voted for It today. Carsner, 4) e uiark. ttau, Kiepper. upton 4 and Moser voted against it. 4 STATEHOUSE, SALEM. 4) Ore., Jan. 26. The senate todny passed a measure lntro- duced by the committee on 4) education providing for a ; 4 judgement of confirmation 4 by the Circuit Court Tela- e 4) tlve to the organization of 4 Union high school districts. It is to bolster up legally 4 e Union high school organiza tion. 4, L "THIRTY" IS E (AnncUtMl Prea Mend Win.' TACOMA, Jan. 26. Martin C, Hopkins, 81, a pioneer newspa perman of the west, died at his home here last night. He gave Bill Nye his first newspaper Job at Laramie, Wyo and he later conducted papers at Salt Lake City, Helena and Butte, and he was one of the founders of the ftpokeman Review at Spokane. Mr. Hopkins, in his old age estab lished two weekly papers in this county, hut he had Been retired since 1914. He was a native of New York state and a veteran of the civil war. Mr. and Mrs. M. 'Mlddlburg were visitors In this city for a few hours Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Middle burg reside at Dole, and were here attending to business matters and vlslng. They returned home in the afternoon. E BILL TO T TO STATEHOUSE. SALEM. Ore. Jan. 26. Senator George W. Jo seph today Introduced a Joint re solution proposing to submit to the people a const Uutlonal amendment authorizing the state to engage in water power devel opment. The measure Is pat terned closely arter a measure Introduced by Joseph at the aes-i slon of 1921. It Is ao drawn that the state could engaged In water power development either inde pendently or co-operatively with any other stnte or star's, with the Federal government or with all nf them. The resolution points out that such development would effect an immense saving of coal, oil I and fuel, and that over half a1 million acres of land In the northeastern part cf the state, could be Irrigated by electrical energy so developed. J The measure provides that not-l withstanding the state's constltu- tlnnal limitations, the credit of the slate may be loaned and In debtedness incurred for the pur pose of providing the necessary funds to acquire and develop hydro-electric power and to sell it throughout the state. Discussion OF FRANCE S DEBT TO U. S. IS Dll French Official Reply to Senator Borah and Seem to Be Hostile. PAY WHAT SHE OWES One Official Declares Franco Not Trying to Evade Just Dejbts and Will V . Meet Obligations. ' ( AMocbtal Pnet Iue4 Win.) PARIS, Jan. 26. Discussion! of France's debt to the United States brought to a head by De puty Marin's speech last week continued unabated today. Luis Locheur, one of the negotiator of the Versailles treaty, moved by Senator Borah's reply to De puty Marin's address, Is quoted by the Excelsior aa saying: "I never contested our debt to America, I did say that it seem ed impossible physically and ma terially that France could reim burse the whole of that debt. "I wish to contest only one point in Senator Borah's state ment. He says France gained value of $100.0000,000 by the Sarre mines, doesn't he know that that sum was Inscribed on the debit side of France's bal ance sheet against her claim for restoration of the devastated re gions? Furthermore, all special Ists agree that the sum thus de bited is greater than the mine's real value. "I defy America herself to re imburse a sum of $3,000,000. 000. 8he would be Incapable) and nevertheless the United Sta tes' financial situation la much more solid than ours. "The Americans are well aware of this. Haven't they suggested the constitution of a transfer committee charged with surveill ance of Germany's future pay ments? If such conditions about exchange are operative for our former enemy, why aren't they for France." Alexandre Varenne, socialist, vice-president of the Chamber ot Deputies told of the Excelsior: - "Senator Borah pretends that the American taxpayer Is mora heavily burdened than - the French. I maintain that the French taxpayer Is more heavily assessed than the German. . The problem of inter-allied debts would make a big sten forward. If America employed her whole energy In making Germany pay." Le Journal says that France) wilt par what she owes, nnd adds: "No Frenchman ever sought to avoid paying a real debt, but the whole question ia to find what exactly Is France's debt to ward her companions in the struggle." - - The governmental organ,' ! Oouvre says: ... "Mr. Borah admits his near sightedness when he declares! that the France of Rochambeat! and La Fayette only aided Amer ica because of hatred of Eng- (Continued on page 6.) GIVE STATE E It would give the state the right to contract with political or municipal sub-divisions of the state, with the United 8latee and with other state concerning the development, conservation and use of Interstate and other wa ters for the generation of power. "Water power Is an Inexhaust ible and eternal resource, being replenished annually," said Sena tor Joseph, in commenting oa the measure. "In this respect It Is unlike anr other natural re source, all others are nhaut- Ible." "In view of this and the fur ther fact that water power la ot surh great use to mankind and will, on account of depletion ot fuol resources, soon be Indlspens Ihle. It Is my contention that It should be developed at public ex pense and sold to the consumer at cost. No Individual or asso ciation of Individuals should be allowed to use this great natur al resource as a basis for exploi tation. To allow this would be to place In private control tha only perpetual natural resource producing light, beat and power, all of which are necessary tor (Continued on page $ )